400: ‘Canadian Girlfriend Vibes’, With M.G. Siegler
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/24/24
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Special guest M.G. Siegler returns to the show to talk about the new iPad Pros, the iPadOS/MacOS functional gulf, the OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson controversy, and M.G.'s new blog [Spyglass](https://spyglass.org/). Sponsored by: + [Pine Works](https://pineworks.co/) is a design and development agency with good ethics and strong opinions. World-class apps, websites, and digital products. + [Squarespace](https://squarespace.com/talkshow): Make your next move. Use code __talkshow__ for 10% off your first order. Links: + [Spyglass](https://spyglass.org/), M.G.'s excellent new blog. + "[The Problem is Safari for iPad](https://spyglass.org/ipados-safari/)" + "[Microsoft Kicks x86 to the Curb](https://spyglass.org/microsoft-knifes-intel/)" + "[Who Is She in 'Her'?](https://spyglass.org/samantha-sky-scarlett-ai-voice/)" + On letting iPads run MacOS, somehow: "[These Are Not Two Separate Devices...](https://spyglass.org/the-ipad-pro-macos/)" + "[Ovation Inflation](https://spyglass.org/ovation-inflation-at-cannes/)" + [Yours truly's review of the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and Pencil Pro](https://daringfireball.net/2024/05/the_m4_ipad_pros). + "[Unfrosted](https://www.netflix.com/title/81481606)" -- Jerry Seinfeld's zany new movie for Netflix. *This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.*
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April 29, 2024
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Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.
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- Federico's "MacPad" -- the "hybrid mac-ipad laptop and tablet that apple won’t make".
- Samsung DeX -- use your phone as a desktop computer.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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401: ‘Chockdingus’, With Craig Hockenberry
May 31, 2024
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Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include the upcoming Daylight DC-1 monochrome “e-paper” tablet, more thoughts on the new iPad Pros, and what we expect/hope for from Apple at WWDC. Also: a one-button keyboard.
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Links:
- Daylight’s DC-1 “new kind of computer”.
- My thoughts on Night Shift and its purported sleep/health benefits.
- The wrap-around-your-neck Glocusent Bendable Book Light, $20 at Amazon.
- Quinn Nelson on using iPadOS: “Maybe I’m just an idiot, but I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to manage multiple window instances from within Stage Manager.” Baffling.
- Also from Quinn Nelson: the subtle photorealistic reflection of an Apple Pencil on the new iPad Pros. Delightful.
- Jason Snell’s 2022 post about his deconstructed Magic Keyboard Touch ID button.
- The Iconfactory:
- Linea Sketch — “a lightweight digital sketchpad for your iPad”.
- Wallaroo — fun new wallpapers every week, for iOS and Mac.
- Tot — we didn’t mention this brilliant little notes app on the show, but I use it every day.
- iPulse — a nerdy system monitor, with Iconfactory fit and finish. Runs in the background even on iOS.
- Project Tapestry: Iconfactory’s Kickstarter-funded project to build “a universal timeline for the Internet”.
- Loren Brichter’s 2020 “Chrome Is Bad” website, documenting genuinely mysterious Mac system performance issues that went away simply by uninstalling Chrome.
- Kotoba — “the best iOS dictionary app you’ve never heard of”, from Craig Hockenberry, Will Hains, and yours truly.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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